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The Tracey Ullman Show
Golden Globe winnerBest Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy1 Golden Globe won2 more nominations7.0 TMDB worldwide · 24 ratings
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The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show, hosted by British-born actress and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children (1987–1997), and ran until May 26, 1990. The show is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers, featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. The show also produced The Simpsons shorts before it spun off into its own show, which was also produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.
About the show
The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television sketch comedy variety show starring Tracey Ullman. It debuted on Fox on April 5, 1987, as the network's second original primetime series, following Married... with Children, and ran for four seasons and 81 episodes until May 26, 1990. It was produced by Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The show blends sketch comedy with musical numbers and dance routines, choreographed by Paula Abdul, along with animated shorts. The show was conceived by executive producer James L. Brooks. Brooks was determined to come up with a format that best suited his multitalented star. He likened the show to producing three television pilots a week.
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The show produced a series of shorts featuring the Simpson family, which were later spun off into the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, The Simpsons. The Tracey Ullman Show was the first Fox primetime show to win an Emmy Award, winning a total of ten over the course of its run. Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own television sketch show in the United States.
Rolling Stone ranked The Tracey Ullman Show as the 25th-best sketch comedy show in its "40 Greatest Sketch-Comedy TV Shows of All Time" list.
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Where to watch
In the UK, updated daily.
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Star cast
Full cast & crew
Behind the camera
- Created by
- Tracey Ullman, James L. Brooks, Jerry Belson, Ken Estin
- Executive producers
- Ken Estin, Heide Perlman, Jerry Belson +2 more
Awards
All awards- Golden Globe1988Best Actress – Television Series Musical or ComedyTracey Ullman
2 other nominations
- 1990Golden Globe · Best Actress – Television Series Musical or ComedyTracey UllmanNominated
- 1989
Seasons
Ended 1990 · 4 seasons · 81 episodes
